Mustapha "Khem" Ballaho

Mustapha Khemar Ballaho, MBA, RPSGT

Mustapha “Khem” Ballaho is a registered sleep technologist since 06/2003. He graduated from the U.S. Navy Schoolhouse of Health Sciences in Bethesda, Maryland as an Electroneurodiagnostics Tech in April 2000, where he first learned to perform polysomnograms.

Khem has been a sleep tech, lab manager, clinical specialist, educator, lab owner and runs a sleep tech school (SleepA2Z in the Philippines) with students from various countries as well as an Executive Member of a non-profit organization (NAPSS – Network of Asia Pacific Sleep Specialists) that organizes sleep conferences all throughout Southeast Asian regions and Hawaii.

With an undergrad degree in healthcare administration and a master’s in business, he has technical, clinical, and business perspectives in sleep.

Currently, he manages the Sleep Disorders Center at the University of Southern California.

In his free time, he teaches polysomnography, answers technical/clinical questions in social media, and helps review aspiring future RPSGTs virtually.

He loves to play music, watch or read on Sufism/mystery novels, and spend time with his wife and their 3 children.

His future plan is to obtain a PhD and write a dissertation regarding global business/operation in sleep.